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Report: FBI Background Checks Are Riddled with Inaccuracies That Cost People Jobs
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As employers increasingly rely on FBI background checks before hiring prospective employees, a new report shows the process is riddled with errors and omissions, The Columbus Dispatch reports. The report from the Employment Law Project estimates that 1.8 million workers are subjected to faulty background checks. “As millions of workers struggle to…
USA Today Exclusive: FBI Allowed Informants to Commit 5,600 Crimes
By Brad Heath USA Today WASHINGTON — The FBI gave its informants permission to break the law at least 5,658 times in a single year, according to newly disclosed documents that show just how often the nation’s top law enforcement agency enlists criminals to help it battle crime. The U.S. Justice Department ordered the FBI…
Ex-F.B.I. Agent Is Charged In Plot to Sell Documents
By Benjamin Weiser New York Times A former F.B.I. special agent has been accused of conspiring to sell confidential bureau documents to a Bangladeshi man who was seeking to harm the reputation of a political rival in his native country, authorities said Friday The former agent, Robert Lustyik, was with the Federal Bureau of Investigation…
U.S. Blasts Russia for Granting Asylum to NSA Leaker Edward Snowden
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. government has expressed deep disappointment over Russia’s decision to grant asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden, the BBC reports. The White House is considering a number of moves to express that disappointment, including canceling a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “We’re extremely disappointed that the Russian government would take…
FBI Concludes It Could Not Have Prevented Boston Marathon Bombing
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Facing mounting pressure to explain how the Boston Marathon bombers eluded suspicion, the FBI concluded Thursday that there was nothing the agency could do to prevent the attacks, the New York Times reports. The FBI conducted server internal reviews of the bureau’s handling of Russian intelligence that warned the U.S. about one…
Photos Showing Another Side ‘Whitey’ Bulger Includes a Priest Defrocked for Abusing Boys
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com But one photo showed Bulger relaxing on a sofa with a Catholic priest who had been defrocked for abusing young boys, ABC News reports. The pictures were part of Bulger’s racketeering and murder trial as the defense winds down its arguments. Other shots include Bulger with NFL hockey player Chris “Knuckles” Nilan…
Muslims Oppose Appointment of Raymond Kelly As New Homeland Security Chief
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The potential nomination of New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly to the top position at Homeland Security has enraged Muslim-American groups, the Huffington Post reports. Islamic groups said Kelly, as the head of the nation’s largest police force, oversaw the targeting of innocent Muslim based solely on their religion. Kelly also…